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<blockquote data-quote="LE BARON" data-source="post: 257319" data-attributes="member: 3515"><p><h2>1. Myth: "Masks Don't Work"</h2><p>Reality: <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about-face-coverings.html" target="_blank">Research</a> has found that face masks effectively slow the spread of COVID-19. Face masks reduce the chance you will excrete or inhale particles infected with the coronavirus. <a href="https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-masks-covid-19.html" target="_blank">A huge randomized controlled study</a> in India—which tracked 340,000 adults across 600 villages in rural Bangladesh—found that mask-wearing can significantly limit the spread of symptomatic COVID-19</p><p></p><h2>2. Myth: "The COVID Death Rate Is Tiny"</h2><p>Reality: Some people say this to justify not getting the vaccine. The truth is: in some states with low vaccination rates, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/florida-covid-cases.html" target="_blank">like Florida</a>, the death rate from COVID-19 is the highest it's been during the entire pandemic. <a href="https://www.cnet.com/health/99-of-covid-deaths-are-now-of-unvaccinated-people-experts-say/" target="_blank">Nearly everyone who is dying of COVID now is unvaccinated</a>. This year, U.S. life expectancy <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/07/us-life-expectancy-drops-18-months-due-covid-19" target="_blank">declined by 18 months</a> because of COVID-19—the largest drop since World War II.</p><p></p><h2>3. Myth: "It's Only Dangerous for Old People"</h2><p>Reality: Doctors and nurses nationwide <a href="https://www.wxii12.com/article/more-young-people-among-those-lost-as-covid-19-deaths-rise-again/37310127#" target="_blank">are reporting</a> that more people in their 30s, 40s and 50s are dying of COVID. And the virus seems to be landing younger people in the hospital. "Many of the patients with Covid-19 now arriving at the hospital are not just unvaccinated — they are much younger than 50, a stark departure from the frail, older patients seen when the pandemic first surged last year," the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/health/covid-young-adults-sicker.html" target="_blank"><em>New York Times</em> reported</a> on Aug. 8. And children are <a href="https://www.wwno.org/public-health/2021-09-23/covid-19-deaths-in-children-are-mounting-heres-what-you-need-to-know" target="_blank">increasingly at risk of serious illness and death</a>.</p><p></p><h2>4. Myth: "It's Just Like the Flu"</h2><p>Reality: "COVID-19 appears to be more contagious and spread more quickly than the flu," <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-myths/art-20485720" target="_blank">says the Mayo Clinic</a>. "Severe illness, such as lung injury, may be more frequent with COVID-19 than with influenza. The death rate also appears to be higher with COVID-19 than the flu. COVID-19 can cause different complications than the flu, such as blood clots and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children."</p><p></p><h2>5. Myth: "Ivermectin is Approved for COVID"</h2><p>Reality: Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medication most often given to animals, has been touted online as a cure for COVID-19. This is not supported by evidence—at least, not enough evidence to convince the larger scientific community. "Ivermectin isn't a drug for treating viruses and the FDA hasn't approved use of this drug to treat or prevent COVID-19," <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-myths/art-20485720" target="_blank">says the Mayo Clinic</a>. "Taking large doses of this drug can cause serious harm. Don't use medications intended for animals on yourself."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LE BARON, post: 257319, member: 3515"] [HEADING=1]1. Myth: "Masks Don't Work"[/HEADING] Reality: [URL='https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about-face-coverings.html']Research[/URL] has found that face masks effectively slow the spread of COVID-19. Face masks reduce the chance you will excrete or inhale particles infected with the coronavirus. [URL='https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-masks-covid-19.html']A huge randomized controlled study[/URL] in India—which tracked 340,000 adults across 600 villages in rural Bangladesh—found that mask-wearing can significantly limit the spread of symptomatic COVID-19 [HEADING=1]2. Myth: "The COVID Death Rate Is Tiny"[/HEADING] Reality: Some people say this to justify not getting the vaccine. The truth is: in some states with low vaccination rates, [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/florida-covid-cases.html']like Florida[/URL], the death rate from COVID-19 is the highest it's been during the entire pandemic. [URL='https://www.cnet.com/health/99-of-covid-deaths-are-now-of-unvaccinated-people-experts-say/']Nearly everyone who is dying of COVID now is unvaccinated[/URL]. This year, U.S. life expectancy [URL='https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/07/us-life-expectancy-drops-18-months-due-covid-19']declined by 18 months[/URL] because of COVID-19—the largest drop since World War II. [HEADING=1]3. Myth: "It's Only Dangerous for Old People"[/HEADING] Reality: Doctors and nurses nationwide [URL='https://www.wxii12.com/article/more-young-people-among-those-lost-as-covid-19-deaths-rise-again/37310127#']are reporting[/URL] that more people in their 30s, 40s and 50s are dying of COVID. And the virus seems to be landing younger people in the hospital. "Many of the patients with Covid-19 now arriving at the hospital are not just unvaccinated — they are much younger than 50, a stark departure from the frail, older patients seen when the pandemic first surged last year," the [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/health/covid-young-adults-sicker.html'][I]New York Times[/I] reported[/URL] on Aug. 8. And children are [URL='https://www.wwno.org/public-health/2021-09-23/covid-19-deaths-in-children-are-mounting-heres-what-you-need-to-know']increasingly at risk of serious illness and death[/URL]. [HEADING=1]4. Myth: "It's Just Like the Flu"[/HEADING] Reality: "COVID-19 appears to be more contagious and spread more quickly than the flu," [URL='https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-myths/art-20485720']says the Mayo Clinic[/URL]. "Severe illness, such as lung injury, may be more frequent with COVID-19 than with influenza. The death rate also appears to be higher with COVID-19 than the flu. COVID-19 can cause different complications than the flu, such as blood clots and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children." [HEADING=1]5. Myth: "Ivermectin is Approved for COVID"[/HEADING] Reality: Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medication most often given to animals, has been touted online as a cure for COVID-19. This is not supported by evidence—at least, not enough evidence to convince the larger scientific community. "Ivermectin isn't a drug for treating viruses and the FDA hasn't approved use of this drug to treat or prevent COVID-19," [URL='https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-myths/art-20485720']says the Mayo Clinic[/URL]. "Taking large doses of this drug can cause serious harm. Don't use medications intended for animals on yourself." [/QUOTE]
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